Kaan Erkorkmaz

Kaan Erkorkmaz is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering at the University of Waterloo. He is a Fellow of the International Academy for Production Engineering (CIRP) and also a Registered Professional Engineer in the Province of Ontario.

Professor Erkorkmaz’s research interests are in the areas of precision manufacturing, machining, and dynamics; controls, and optimal trajectory planning for machine tools; with the objective of increasing the productivity, part quality, and resource efficiency in manufacturing operations.

• Precision Engineering
• Dynamics
• Controls
• Manufacturing
• Mechatronics
• Automotive
• Advanced Robotics
• Controls and Precision Tooling
• Digital Factories
• Digital Design and Fabrication Technologies
• Embedded Systems
• Sensors and Devices
• Machining Automation
• Additive Manufacturing
• Advanced Manufacturing

• 2004, Doctorate, Mechanical Engineering Thesis Topic:Optimal Trajectory Generation and Precision Tracking Control for Multi-Axis Machines Specialization: Automatic Control (major), Machining, Mechanical Vibrations, Instrumentation, Design, Sensors and Actuators, Re, University of British Columbia, Department of Mechanical Engineering
• 1999, Master's, Mechanical Engineering Thesis Topic:High Speed Contouring Control for Machine Tool Drives Research Advisor:Prof. Yusuf Altintas, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of British Columbia
• 1996, Master's, Systems and Control Engineering,Course requirements completed, masters degree continued at UBC, Bogazici University, Institute of Science and Engineering
• 1995, Bachelor's, Mechanical Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Istanbul Technical University

• ME 548 - Num Control of Mach Tools 1
  • Taught in 2018, 2020, 2021
• ME 599 - Special Topics in Mech Eng
  • Taught in 2017
• ME 739 - Manufacturing Processes Topics
  • Taught in 2018
• ME 780 - Spec Tpcs in Mechatronics
  • Taught in 2018
• MTE 360 - Automatic Control Systems
  • Taught in 2017, 2018, 2019

• Ertay DS, Vlasea M, Erkorkmaz K, Thermomechanical and geometry model for directed energy deposition with 2D/3D toolpaths, Journal of Additive Manufacturing, 35, 2020
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• Erkorkmaz, Kaan, Control of Machining Processes, Encyclopedia of Systems and Control, 2015, 173 - 179
• Erkorkmaz, Kaan, Efficient Fitting of the Feed Correction Polynomial for Real-Time Spline Interpolation, Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, 137(4), 2015
• Munoa, Jokin and Beudaert, Xavier and Erkorkmaz, Kaan and Iglesias, Alex and Barrios, Asier and Zatarain, Mikel, Active suppression of structural chatter vibrations using machine drives and accelerometers, CIRP Annals-Manufacturing Technology, 64(1), 2015, 385 - 388
• Okyay, Ahmet and Khamesee, Mir Behrad and Erkorkmaz, Kaan, Design and Optimization of a Voice Coil Actuator for Precision Motion Applications, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 51(6), 2015, 1 - 10
• Erkorkmaz, Kaan and Alzaydi, Ammar and Elfizy, Amr and Engin, Serafettin, Time-optimized hole sequence planning for 5-axis on-the-fly laser drilling, CIRP Annals-Manufacturing Technology, 63(1), 2014, 377 - 380
• Groen A, Vlasea M, Erkorkmaz K. Modelling of powder spreading to optimize compaction consistency. Proceedings of the NSERC HIAM Conference, Vancouver, Canada. (Accepted in 2019)
• Zhu Y, Vlasea M, Erkorkmaz K. Synergy Strategies between Additive Manufacturing and Machining for Designs with High Complexity. Proceedings of the Virtual Machining Process Technology, Vancouver, Canada. (Accepted in 2019)

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